Rickey Byron Churchill v. Pete Wilson

968 F.2d 1220 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Rickey Byron CHURCHILL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Pete WILSON, Defendant-Appellee. No. 91-16469. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 8, 1992. Decided July 10, 1992. Before POOLE, BEEZER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Rickey Byron Churchill, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment in favor of the defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action. We review de novo, Harper v. Wallingford, 877 F.2d 728, 731 (9th Cir.1989), and we affirm. 3 We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the party opposing the summary judgment motion and affirm only in the absence of any genuine issue of material fact and if the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Id. There is no genuine issue of fact if, on the record taken as a whole, a rational trier of fact could not find in favor of the party opposing the…